chronospecies

Noun

Meaning

chronospecies (plural chronospecies)

A group of one or more species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.

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Examples

It has been described as a "probable chronospecies " (i.e. ancestor) of A. ramidus. Source: Internet

Due to this, and to their gross overall similarity, he suggested that they probably represent chronospecies within a single evolutionary lineage lasting about 4 million years. Source: Internet

Pleistocene and early Holocene lagerstätten ( Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chronosocial chronosome chronospatial chronostasis chronostatic chronostich